Monthly Archives: March 2010

Preview: The Forbidden Planet

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After my big comic discovery last year, when I found the Gosh comic store and fell in love with it, I searched for other comic store. Mainly because the comic store that I found was small and far. After a long Google search, I found several stores in London. But I found out that there is only one basic store that fans insisted in their reviews, that this store is the best place for comic fans. They call it “FP”.

Amazed, astonished, and overwhelmed. If you add-up all these feelings, you will know how I felt when I saw the store’s gallery on their website and I felt that way just be looking at pictures! I know I’m exaggerating, but can u imagine how a comic fan will feel when he first enters the best comic store in the UK. I have to add that I’m still a beginner in the world of comics and even I’ve only visited one store. Personally, it will great to visit the FP store in London.

In my last visit to London, I only bought Batman’s comics as a way to read them all and just focus on Batman. But now, my goal is to buy other comics.. weird and funky comics. Although I need to finish my Batman collection, I will wider my list and buy other comics beside Batman.

FP here I come…!!

Note: I’ll write a HUGE review after visiting the store.
Mad Reds – 2010

Boring Boring .. !!

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I used to get excited whenever the weekend comes. Going out and just ignoring the boring sight of books and exams was a blast! If it’s playing football or going to see a movie, we had fun. But sadly those are the only two things a person can do in Kuwait. I’ve never thought about it until now. When the only two places that you’ve been going two are the mall and the cinema, you will discover how boring your life is. Here in Kuwait we don’t have any other place to go to spend our Weekend. Our only choices are to go to a mall and just walk or go to see a lame old movie.

I wondered and searched for the reason for not having any other place to go and then I looked at our monuments (assuming we had any). We don’t have a proper museum; we don’t have any culture monuments. Basically, we don’t have anything but malls and restaurants. As if we Kuwaitis spend our time eating and going to lame malls.

We need fun and new ideas. We don’t need another mall or a lame old restaurant! We can biuld huge multi-purpose parks. We also need new and improved entertainment parks that we can actually call an entertainment park!!!

New ideas .. An improved look at entertainment and Tourism in Kuwait!!!

When we (Mad Reds/Just Truth) went to Dubai, we were amazed by the whole aspect of the city. Their malls were more than just malls. They had an aquarium in a mall. They also figured a way to make a mall an interesting place. For example, Ibin Batota mall. They mixed a museum with a mall. We had fun discovering and learning about Ibin Batota and at the same time spending time at the Adidas store. New water parks and a park called Dubai land are the future projects for Dubai. They are building now in Abu Dhabi, I think, A Ferrari amusement park!!! How cool is that!! We need similar ideas and not only think about building new restaurants or lame malls!

Thank God we have now the AstroTurf football fields. The one and only place that I can call entertainment in Kuwait!

We need to explore new aspects .. new horizons .. Let’s build these ideas and not spend our time fighting about stupid problems in the Assembly!
We want a better Kuwait .. a beautiful Kuwait ..

So, Improve Kuwait..!
Mad Reds – 2010

Belated Mothers Day

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It’s interesting how no matter how old you get, how big or famous or successful or stressed you become, the moment you’re in your
mother’s arms, you’re a kid again. Not because you’re small, inexperienced or belittled, but because once you look into your mother’s eyes or feel her warmth, you realize that you are so very small in comparison to her greatness. Her strength. Her wisdom. Her unconditional love..

Many cultures, including our own, have gotten used to associating women with weakness and dependence. They’re wrong. Our mothers are anything but week and depend on two things only; their faith and their love. They have shoulders that carry the worries of the whole world, arms that can comfort a whole family at once with the warmth of a hug, hearts that can forgive and forget and keep on loving.. They put their children’s needs before their own and don’t give up on us. They push us forward and sometimes, many times, we take that for granted.

When we’re little, we scream and cry because we don’t want to go to school, but they take us there everyday anyway so that we can learn. When they give us the best food we whine because we don’t like it and they patiently wait for us to take the next bite so that we can be strong and healthy. And when we’re young.. we think they’re mean. We do! And then we grow up and we see  the world, wish we understood them better when we were younger.

…All the times our parents told us we couldn’t go out with our friends or go to some parties, we cried and thought “I can’t wait to grow up and get out of here and do what I want” .. well.. now that we’re older, we see that all the tough love was protecting us. And I am bloody well grateful. I’m grateful that my mother loved me too much to want me to be happy all the time about everything I wanted. I’m grateful that my mother loved me so much, that she was ready to say “No”.

Our mothers.. the most valuable and most precious people.. the ones we sometimes take for granted.

They teach us how to speak and cry with joy at our first words.. and then we learn to say things like “leave me alone”.. They teach us how to tie our shoes and we end up thanking them by running in the other direction.. They teach us how to love with all our hearts, and we sometimes thank them by giving our love to people who don’t deserve it.. They teach us how to be strong and protect ourselves, and we sometimes thank them by putting walls around us and block even them out.

They feed us, clean us, bathe and clothe us with their love, and teach us all they know and in every way they know how and send us into the world.. and do we all remember? Do we all remember our mother’s love?

Sometimes we forget.

Sometimes we say it wasn’t enough.

But no matter what your own mother did to raise you into the person you are today, she did the best she knew how with what she had. And for that, be grateful. For that, remind your mother that you lover her too.

I have a mother who’s one in a trillion.. and everyone she meets loves her and looks up to her because of who she is and what she’s accomplished. Because she’s intelligent and strong and is simply her. And although I love my mother for the same reasons, I also love her for so much more. Because while others love her intelligence, I also love her humor and goofiness, and while others admire her strength, I also admire her softness and compassion. I love my mom not only because she’s my mom, but because she is a great mother.

Thank you mom, for everything. Thank you for understanding me even when I couldn’t understand myself. Thank you for helping me find my two feet when I stumbled.. Thank you for teaching me how to love with all my heart and how to be the best person I can be. Thank you for all the sacrifices you have made, and I’m sorry that it had to be so hard sometimes. Thank you for always giving me a shoulder to cry on and arms to hide in no matter how old I got. Thank you for pouring your strength into my blood. I may not be perfect, but mom, you did great.

So to all the mothers in the world, on Mother’s day and everyday, thank you. And may we all return your sacrifices by making you proud and at peace. May you live to the day we become mothers and fathers our selves, and may we find the way to forgive ourselves for ever making you struggle. For we cannot return any of your favors no matter what we do.

If you are unfortunate to not have your mother close or with you, may God rest her soul and pray for her peace and be grateful that she has brought you into this world and built you from scratch. If your mother is with you, go to her, call her, and tell her how much you love her. Don’t wait for an occasion to thank her for existing. And when you’re parents yourselves, look at your children, and only then will you ever understand what your parents love for you is..


The Return of Bruce Wayne!

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Batman‘s fans were shocked last summer when the current batman comic’s writers killed their main character. Batman or Bruce Wayne died in the best-selling graphic novel “Batman: R.I.P”.

For all of us, we felt that the real and only batman died with that novel. How can anyone believe that Batman is died! We loved this character because it was the perfect mix between insane and stability. We see Bruce as the calm and always cool character and then when he puts on his cape, we see and even enjoy the insanity in his character. Killing Batman in my opinion was a really bad decision. But can it get worst than that!?

Yes it can! After killing Batman, they tried another idea! What if “Night-Wing” becomes the new and improved Batman! Night-Wing is the former/first Robin. So they added the story line and after straggling with the idea, Night-wing becomes the new Batman. One who always smiles to the press and even shows himself to them (something the former Batman never did). Although I loved both of his characters before (First Robin/Night wing), but I think that he’s just not fit for the character! No one can play the rule of Batman but Batman!!!

Another important aspect of being Batman is that Bruce had to gain his cape! Bruce spent all his life trying new ways to improve himself and training so hard to become Batman. Although Night wing was trained by Batman himself, he didn’t get the proper training for the role. In other words, every super hero goes on a spiritual and physical journey before becoming a Super Hero! Night Wing became Batman in only one novel!! Where’s the journey in that!!!!

Batman wasn’t always this vigilante who doesn’t care about others and takes the law in his own hands. The TV version of Batman, first appearance 1966, was a happy and good character. One who always ends a sentence with a joke or point out the irony in the satiation. Newer versions of Batman made him more brutal and vicious. People liked Batman just like that. This nasty hero, who just don’t care about the way, but he just does what he wants! Cracking his enemy’s skull is a normal-day job for him. We liked Batman like that and not what Night wing brought to the character. At least that’s my opinion. So, the question in hand now, does the new image of Batman appeal to his audience?!

Now, after the R.I.P novel, the writers of the upcoming issues are hinting that maybe Bruce didn’t die. He just time travelled!!! For a long-time reader or even a beginner that idea sounds just horrible!!! I know that we want him back, but not that way. Comics are not for kids, the fact that Batman time-travelled sounds like a poor children’s movie! Are we ready to transform a realistic character to a time-travelling fiction one? Why change the main aspect of batman to this new unrealistic hero!!!! They are saying that Bruce didn’t die, but time travelled. Now, we don’t have any more information for example, the place that he time-travelled to or the reason that he did , but if we are pissed and mad at the basic idea of putting Batman in a time traveling machine, we don’t need to hear more!!!!!! We don’t want to hear more!!!!

After absorbing what I said, let’s see what we have now! The new Batman is a better and well improved one and with him is the current Robin. With the return of the former and the only Batman (in my opinion), what will happened to the new Batman (Night wing)? Will he step down? Will he fight the former Batman? Most importantly, will he believe that the man who time-traveled is actually the real Batman!! You can only imagine the impact of the return of Batman/Bruce on us and how will we react when the 700 issue comes. Although I’m sad and mad at the way they killed him off, I’m happy they are bringing him back. Because we all fell in love with Bruce/Batman and the way he does his business!
I know that I’m mad at the way they brought him back, but believe me; I’m looking forward for the upcoming issues! All Batman fans are waiting .. We need to know what will happen! Will everything return to the way it was before the R.I.P novel?

A lot of questions ..

You can read more on this topic here!!!

Mad Reds – 2010

The Other Side: 5000 KD? Really?

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This post is a short response arguing “the other side” of Mad Red’s post entitled “5000 KD? Really?”.

The rationale of handing citizens an enormous 5000 KD is hard to see, yet alone defend. However, in his post, M.R. makes a few assumptions based on “slippery slopes” arguments. Here is a clarification of why those arguments are flawed.

The recent inflation in Kuwait was not an effect of the increase in Salary. At that time, the Kuwaiti Dinar was tied with U.S. Dollar in the currency exchange (perfect correlation). Therefore, when the dollar depreciated, so did the K.D. Kuwait immediately untied its currency from the U.S.D., and hedged it with the Gold market, a very smart move.

In essence, it was the economic crisis in the world that caused the massive inflation in Kuwait, and not an increase in consumer income. One cannot make the assumption that increasing consumer income lead to an increase in demand and therefore an increase in prices, since the 50 KD initial increase is too insignificant on the national scale to cause such a rift.

M.R. suggests that the 5000 KD proposition is a ridiculous mistake that has no upside. However, we have to realize that, in theory, the 5000 K.D. solution is plausible. Kuwait operates in a moderate capitalist economy. In a capitalist state, consumer purchasing power is the main driver of the economy. Governments have a job in maintain consumer purchasing power (create jobs, enterprises, policy, etc). Thus, if the government can afford it, handing citizens a healthy amount of money to sustain purchasing power is theoretically the right decision. It would certainly go a long way to revitalize a slowly dying economy.

M.R. goes on to say that when the government hands over money, it’s never the solution. But if we take a look at how the U.S. handled its recent financial crisis, we might reconsider that suggestion. The U.S. government “handed over” a massive 700 billion dollars for different part of the financial sector, and that made a remarkable impact in securing some of the biggest financial institutes in the world.

In essence, the 5000 KD plan is certainly not based on a well-thought out plan. But we cannot ignore that, in theory, it makes perfect sense for a capitalist economy.

(Every diligent writer needs to argue the other side, and so please note that this post is an argument, and not a belief statement.)

5000kd?! Really?!

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Solving problems is a rare talent. One can’t be born with this talent and it can’t be improved. This talent can only be called as “God’s gift”. Few have this rare talent, but others don’t. Nobody can force this talent on himself or on others. So, if you don’t have this RARE talent, don’t portend that you do!! DON’T Suggest Stupid solutions for our problems.
I just read in a local newspaper that one of the MPs just suggested that the government must give 10000kd to every Kuwaiti (over 21years old). Then he suggested that he wants 5000kd and not 10000kd. His suggestion was based on what? Why should the government give us 10000kd and most importantly, will it fix our economy?! A lot of questions that the Mp should’ve thought of before suggesting such a thing!
First of all, let’s see another similar satiation. One can think of the 50kd increase in our salaries as a similar cause. The first thing that happened after that increase was that the prices exploded and everything got very expensive. The problem wasn’t that the prices got high, but the problem was that they stayed that way. The damage can be seen even now. Everything is expensive and there are no laws to stop sellers from increase the prices! All of that, just because of a 50kd increase!
If a lonely and handsome 50kd can damage our economy like that, what will a HUGE 5000kd do!
We don’t want money! All we need is a plan. We need a plan that can fix and improve our finance system. We DON’T need stupid suggestions that will damage our economy for the long run.
We have to realize that getting money won’t solve the problem, but knowing what to do with them is the answer. Although the thought of spending 5000kd is always fun, but I don’t want to spend a onetime high and then return to the same old problems!
We don’t need money; we need solutions from people that actually know how to come up with them.

Mad Reds - 2010

Do we really need blackberries?’

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I would like to begin this article by saying that I own not only one blackberry, but two. I don’t use both of them at the same time of course. When I woke up today, I just realized what I really have! After that I started questioning myself and then came the big question!!!!
Do I really need two blackberries?
First, let’s answer the general question! Why do we need Blackberries?
1- Email: I have all of my emails in my blackberry (college email, fun, official) and I use them all. For the college email, I need to always be updated and every email is an important one. My other emails are just for fun.

2-BBM ( the blackberry messenger ) now, the main use of the BBM is that you can text anyone for free and receive jokes. Also receive important (yet fake) news. Waking up in the middle of the night just to receive a joke from a guy I barely know is just ridicules! But I have to say that I enjoy reading jokes sometimes.
That’s it! I can’t find any more reasons for buying a blackberry! I’m amazed how we buy a phone with only two primary features!
The device has only two main features and without these two, it’s basically a normal phone with normal features. Now let’s talk about the disadvantages of having a blackberry..

1- Bluetooth: I hate the way the blackberry sends or even receives anything by Bluetooth! Sending a photo or a ringtone is not easy and it will take you 5 whole minutes to do so!

2-No customization: limited themes. You can’t customize anything! Unlike the blackberry, Nokia has a huge range of themes. It’s always fun to change your icons design!

3-Buy an iPhone: yup, although I’m a blackberry user, I truly think that the iPhone is a better phone! With the iPhone, you have all the things that the blackberry has (thanks to the what’s up application) and more. Having fun with your phone while sending a msg or even taking some pictures and then of course viewing them will be a blast!
Will it be my next phone?!

So why do people buy a blackberry! It is because they don’t have anything to do and just want to full their empty hours with reading lame and old jokes. Am I really benefiting from talking to my friends all the time!!!! Am I that bored that I need a phone to full my time! The answer is a big fat NO! So, why do we use Blackberryz! The simple answer is that we don’t want to do anything else!

If we decided to not spend time on our blackberryz .. we can..

1-We can read! Yes I said reading! So many of us didn’t even read a single book in our lives and we will not start now! So if this guy is willing to spend his day on reading lame jokes! Why not read books! In a book, you will find everything you want! You will find the thing that will full your day! Reading will make you think! Will make you use your brain!

2-We can exercise! Recent statistics shows us that Kuwaiti people are among the top 3 in obesity and there are so many reasons for that, but one of the main reasons is that we are not exercising! When we spend all the time clicking on our blackberries, sending msgs, or just talking to our friends and in the process, EATING anything in front of us! We are gona be FAT .. FAT !

3-Pray: when the time of prayer comes, we always say that I will send this msg or chat whit this guy then I’ll go and pray! Mostly, you will not pray and if you do, you will pray late! Praying is the most spiritual thing to do. If we need to full our hearts with true and pure feelings, all we have to do is just pray!

4-Spending time with family and friends: when we use the blackberry as a way of communication, we won’t have the benefit of FACE-to-FACE contact! You are talking and communicating with words and that’s not healthy! We need to spend more time with our family and friends than to just send msgs!

There are so many reasons for us to stop using blackberryz .. But as we Kuwaitis say: “our uncle is deaf “ .. we mean by that, we can talk and explain why is it bad to use a blackberry, but we won’t change our bad habits in the END!

Is it time to buy a new phone maybe?

Mad Reds – 2010

Having Fun with Education!

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First of all I want to apologize for not posting or writing any new topics. The reason is that I have a lot of things to do and I don’t have time to finish them all. I’ve been busy for a while now, but I promise that I will try to post at least once a week.
Note: not a good idea to take two economic classes in one course…!!

I never imagined my life to be the way it has been until now .. I never thought that I will love education or even love writing essays, but after joining AUK I fell in love with the whole system. The American system .. or the American way of teaching. They have a way that makes you focus all the time and never bored. They make learning fun and believe me when I say that I NEVER had fun studying! But when I first started here I was still in the IEP (Intensive English Program) I had fun all the time and I don’t mean having the “bad” kind of fun .. like not caring and not attending classes. I had fun in class .. I enjoyed my time inside class and did everything on time and got a solid “A” in that class. And now, I’m an undergraduate student and I’m always busy, the good kind of busy. The kind every workaholic wants. Even when I’m at home .. I miss college. I never thought that I will feel this way about studying. Spending time in the library was a ridicules idea, but now, I’m always there. Even if I didn’t have anything to do, I love setting there .. read a book or write a post maybe. This feeling can’t be felt if the university that you are in doesn’t have a cool library, THANK GOD that AUK has the coolest library.

Now, this wasn’t always the cause for me. I didn’t want to continue. At my first week in AUK, I felt that I wasn’t good enough and not in the mood to study! I just could not wait for the IEP course to finish so that I can withdraw from AUK. But after the horrible first week, I felt that It wasn’t that bad and I actually can make it. So, I decided to continue and thank God I did. Because seeing what I can do and how I can do it, made the idea of quitting very stupid.

I asked myself, why did I want to quit?! Education is the most important thing in your life. I know I didn’t realize that early on, BUT now I do! Education is the first step of success. I didn’t know what I wanted from life, but now I know that I want to finish what I started and I know that I love studying. Even when I have a lot to do, I’m enjoying every minute of it.

One of the best things that I didn’t know that I liked was public speaking. I love doing presentations. Sometimes I get nerves, but believe me .. I LOVE feeling this way .. I love challenging myself!
I don’t know what will happen in the future and I don’t want to know, but for now all that I want to know is that I’m living the most important years of my life. I have to enjoy my life and even if I have to study or write an essay, that won’t affect anything. You will not get bored or exhausted when you have fun studying. Thank God that I did.

I’m a proud AUK student now and I thank God for this opportunity. Working hard and doing your work is the fun I need now! I even wrote this article in the library.

Mad Reds -  2010

المخيمات الاسلامية .. الهدف و الاستفادة

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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اللهم صلٍ على محمد و على آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

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منذ فترة طويلة .. كانت لي الرغبة في الكتابة عن المخيمات الإسلامية في الكويت ..

لما لها من دور كبير علي شخصياً و على الكويت عموماً ..

موضوعنا اليوم .. سـ يفصل بالتفصيل الشامل إن شاء الله .. أهداف المخيمات الإسلامية بنظرة المشترك فيها

و المنظم لها أيضاً .. !!

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سـ أبدأ موضوعي بتعريف المخيمات الإسلامية ..

المخيمات الإسلامية هي عبارة عن تجمع إسلامي حضاري .. به يتجمع الشباب خلال فترة أسبوع واحد تصل إلى ثمانية أيام .. و في هذه الأيام يتعلم المشترك الأمور العقائدية و العوامل التي تجعلك مسلماً مؤمناً .. بالإضافة إلى تعلم المشترك الأمور الكشفية و غيرها من عوامل الأخلاقية و المهنية .. و لكن الهدف الأسمى من هذه المخيمات .. هي جمع المواطن المسلم مع أخوانه .. في جو إيماني طاهر .. و من خلال هذا الجو الإيماني .. تنبثق مواهب و عوامل إيجابية ..

هذه المخيمات ليست مخيمات متطرفة .. لا و الـــــــف لا .. فهذه رسالة لكل من يسعى لربط المخيمات الإسلامية في الكويت بالعمل الإرهابي القبيح .. فـ المخيمات الإسلامية مخيمات تخدم المجتمع الحضاري الإسلامي .. من خلال تهيئة المشترك نفسياً و تعليمه أمور دينه .. لا أكثر .. و لهذا فـ العديد من أولياء الأمور يبادرون في إشراك أبنائه في هذه المخيمات .. لعلمهم بـ الفائدة المطروحة من هذه المخيمات ..

كان هذا تعريف خاص بالمشترك .. حيث أن هناك تعريف أخر للمنظم .. و ما سـ يستفيد منه المنظم من تنظيم مخيم إسلامي و العمل طوال الأشهر الأربع ( قبل وقت المخيّـــم ) .. و هل فعلاً يستحق كل هذا العناء ..

من ناحية المنظم .. فـ تنظيم مثل هذه المخيمات .. له فائدته العظيمة .. فـ مع الأجر و الثواب العالي من عمل و تنظيم مثل هذه المخيمات الإسلامية .. فـ الفائدة القيادية عظيمة جداً .. فـ التنظيم بحد ذاته يعلم المنظم كيف ينظم و يقود طليعته أو حتى لجنته .. القيادة أمر مهم جداً في حياة أي إنسان .. و هذه الموهبة تحتاج لتنمية .. تحتاج لـ التطبيق العملي النفسي .. و لهذا فـ أن المخيم الإسلامي أفضل مكان لتنمية هذه الموهبة التي سـ تفيد المنظم طوال حياته و في كل مجالات مهنته و حتى حياته الخاصة ..

بالإضافة إلى أن المنظم يستفيد من ما ينظمه .. لأن المخيم ليس للمشترك فقط .. فـ المنظم سـ يتعلم من الندوة التي نظمها أو من النشاط الكشفي الذي نظمه .. سواء كان من تنظيمه أو من تنظيم منظم أخر .. الإستفادة عظيمة بكل تأكيد ..
و لهذا فـ المخيمات الإسلامية من منظور المنظم كبير جداً .. و إستفادة المنظم توازي إستفادة المشترك ..

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ثانياً .. الإستفادة الفعلية من ما يطرح في المخيم ..

شخصياً .. و من تجربتي كـ مشترك و كـ منظم .. المخيمات الإسلامية لها إستفادة عملية و نفسية ..

عملية .. لأن من خلال المخيم .. تتعلم الكثير من الندوات و من المواد المطروحة خلال فترة المخيم .. فـ من الندوات نستطيع أن نقّــــوم تفكيرنا من خلال التفكير الغير تقليدي .. حيث أن الندوة ليست عبارة عن كلام أو أراء .. بل الهدف من الندوة يكون بعد إنتهاء الندوة الفعلية .. حيث أن المشترك و حتى المنظم .. يفكر بمحتوى الندوة بعد سماعها .. و هل يوافق مع محتواها أو يعارض .. المشاركة في الندوة أمر مرجوا لكنه ليس بالضروري ..

شخصياً أفضــــل الندوات .. و ليست أي ندوة .. بل ندوة سيـــد من السادة .. حفيد رسول الله صلى الله عليه و على آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين .. فـ هذا السيد الطاهر .. ليس فقط يتمتع بـ الدرجة العالية من المعلومات العامة .. بل يتمتع بـ فن التقديم حيث أن تقديمه للندوة بحذ ذاته ممتع .. أشكر هذا السيد .. الذي لن أبوح عن إسمه .. لكنني أشكره كل الشكر على ما قدمه لي شخصياً و للشباب عموماً ..

نفسية .. من الجو الإيماني الطاهر .. سـ يتمتع الجميع بـ راحة البال .. فـ المخيم بحد ذاته يعتبر عملية الهروب من الحياة التقليدية المملة .. و أفضل طريقة لفعل ذلك .. عن طريق هذا الجو الإيماني الطاهر ..

المخيم الإسلامي .. مخيم إستفادي .. عن طريق عوامل و جوانب عدة .. و لهذه العوامل و الجوانب أثر كبير جداً على المشترك .. و على المنظم أيضاً .. شخصياً جربت الإثنيـــن .. فـ من خلال تجربتي كـ مشترك .. تعملت أمور ديني .. و أيضاً تعلمت الأمور الكشفية و كل ما أحتاجه كـ مشترك .. و من خلال تجربتي كـ منظم .. تعلمت الأمور القيادية من القادة
و طبقتها عندما وُكلـــــت بـ منصب قيادي ..

الإستفادة عظيمة للجميــــع ..

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تجربة شخصيـــــة رائعــــة ..

من خلال تجربة شخصية معينة واجهتها هذا العام .. استطتعت أن أضع أساسيات هذا الموضوع الذي أكتبه الآن ..

طلب منا القيام بـ جولة تفقدية أخوية على مخيمات عدة .. و بالرغم من صلتنا القوية مع هذه المخيمات .. إلا أننا نحاول جاهداً أن نزيد و نطور هذه الصلة ..

و ما شاهدته في هذه الرحلة .. كان أشبه بالكفالة الأبدية على أهمية المخيمات الإسلامية في الكويت ..
فـ مع كل مخيم .. نرى كيف المواطن المؤمن .. ترك الحياة السخيفة .. و ذهب إلى هذه المخيمات الإسلامية الطاهرة ..
لكي يقوم صلاة الليـــل أو لكي يشارك في ندوة عظيمة .. و في أحد المخيمات التي زرناها .. كانوا في وسط مسابقة قرآنية طاهرة .. الجو الإيماني جو رائع .. و مع كل مخيم زرناها .. شاهدنا لمحة من لمحات هذا الجو الإيماني الممتع للقلب و العقل ..

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تأثير المخيمات الإسلامية على الدولة ..

في الكويت .. نحتاج لمثل هذه المخيمات لسبب واحد لا غير .. تخريج فكر إسلامي واعي .. بعيد عن الطائفية .. و من خلال هذه العملية نستطيع أن نبني مجتمعاً متجانساً يحترم الجميع بعضهم البعض .. بالإضافة إلى تقوية العقيدة الإسلامية لدى الشباب و حتى الشيـــــاب في بعض الأحيــــان ..

و الآن و في وسط المشاكل السياسية و الغير سياسية التي تواجها الكويت .. نحتاج للفكر الواعي الإسلامي .. نحتاج للقائد .. نحتاج لمن يستطيع أن يحترم و يقدم إحترامه للسلطة و للشعب و الأهم من ذلك .. لنفسه !!

المخيمات الإسلامية .. مخيمات تطويرة .. تطور الشاب .. و تقدمه خدمه عظيمة ..
خدمة نورانية عظيمة .. و لهذا أشكر كل العاملين على هذه المخيمات ..

لكم الأجر و الثواب عند الله عز و جل .. أفضل من مليون موضوع أكتبه ..

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تقبلوا تحياتيـــــ

Mad Reds – 2010

Book Review: The Batman Vault

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Another masterpiece from Virgin Megastore!

I visited their one and only store in Kuwait .. the MEGA store as they call it .. although I strongly disagree that that average-size store can be called a MEGA store, but of course I’m not gonna write a whole topic about their store size.

What I’m gona talk about today is their new DC/Batman masterpiece ..!

The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book Featuring Rare Collectibles from the Batcave !

A massive book/magazine .. that is mainly about BATMAN .. but you won’t see in this book the story of Batman .. Instead you will learn and read about the history of Batman’s Comic.. from old comics, to the first appearance of Batman in Detective  Comics .. You will find everything in this book ..

And if you’re a Batman Fan .. you will learn all about the ART of Batman, and how they came up with his costume. Robin, his sidekick has his share in the book. The most interesting thing in the book was that they explained why Robin became Night-wing and the reason for changing his custom from Red/Yellow to Black/Blue. These types of books can be useful if you want to understand the legacy of Batman and most importantly if you read all of Batman’s Comics and you still didn’t understand the story line, then this is the perfect book for you . You will enjoy every page of this book, I did.

We need more of these types of books, which explain a character’s story. Because when you read comics.. sometimes you can’t just understand from what we see or even read .. the idea or the main point of the comic is usually implied and for a rich character like Batman, you need to know everything about the character to understand why did he do that or we didn’t Batman kill the Joker .. although the clown killed the second Robin .. there are other important questions every Batman fan must know and this book will answer all of those questions.

An Amazing book .. if you’re a Batman fan this is a MUST-BUY item!

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Mad Reds – 2010

Review: My name is Khan

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
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اللهم صلِ على محمد و على آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
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بعد نجاح أحدث الافلام الهندية التي ذهبنا إليها .. كان لابد منا أن نبحث عن فلمنا الهندي القادم ..
و كان لنا ما أردنا في فلم أفضل من الفلم السابق .. 
شاروخ خان .. ممثل هندي مشهور ..
من أفضل الممثلين في بوليود .. إذا ما كان أفضلهم .. لديه طاقة تمثيلية رائعة ..
بالإضافة إلى عاطفته الحقيقية نحو دوره و نحو قصة الفلم .. و لهذا فـ هو أفضل ممثل هندي ..

لأنه و بكل بساطة .. يجسد دور المظلوم بجدارة ..
شاهدت في السابق .. فلم أو فلمين له .. و منهما عرفت أن هذا الممثل رائع .. لكن من الفلم الذي سـ نتكلم عنه ..
أثبت لي أمريــــــــن ..

الأمر الأول : أن شاروخ خان .. أفضل ممثل هندي .. بل أكثر من ذلك .. ادائه التمثيلي في الفلم يتخطى بوليود .. و يكسر جدار هوليود ..

الأمر الثاني : أن الأفلام الهندية لديها نظرة ممتازة للواقع .. على عكس الأفلام الأمريكية أو حتى العالمية .. التي تركز على واقع معين و تنسى البقية ..
بل و في بعض المرات .. تلعب بالواقع كما يحلوا لها .. و لهذا نرى العديد من لحظات الخيال في الأفلام الأمريكية ..

فـ بالرغم من شهرة الأفلام الهندية بالبعد عن الواقعية حتى البسيطة منها .. لكن في هذا الفلم .. لعب شاروخ خان و بقية الممثلين بالواقع كما هو موجود لدينا .. و من هذا الأمر .. الفلم رائع جداً ..

لم أرى فلماً هندياً يركز على قضية مهمة و حساسة في نفس الوقت .. بل و أكثر من ذلك .. ركز على قضيتنــــا نحن ..

و هذا أمر مخزي و حزين جداً .. بأن يترجم الهندي قضية العربي المسلم ..
حيث أن الفلم يترجم معاناة المسلمين قبل و بعد 11/9 ..

وكيف كانت التعديات القاسية على المسلمين في أمريكا ..
قالها و بكل ثقة و بدون خـــــــوف .. أنا لست إرهابيـــــــــاً .. هذه الجملة التي يخاف أن ينطقها المسلمون حول العالم ..
فـ نحن لسنا إرهابيــن ..

الإسلام ليس دين الإرهاب .. نحن مسالمين .. نتأقلم مع جميع الأديان .. ليس لنا مشكلة معهم ..

و هذه الرسالة التي كان يجب أن نرسلها للجميع .. لكننا خائفين كالعادة ..
على عكس هذا الفلم الهندي الرائع ..
الذي قالها بكل بساطة .. 

و ما زاد من روعة الفلم ..

هي وضعية شخصية شاروخ خان .. حيث أنه يعاني من إضطراب نفسي محدد .. 
حيث أنه جسد دوره بكل براعة ..
و لا أعتقد أنني سـ أرى ممثل هندي يقوم بهذا الدور مثله .. 
قدم الدور بكل براعة .. و كأنه بالفعل يعاني من هذا المرض ..
و هذه نصيحة لكل ممثل كويتي .. أن يشاهد أداء شاروخ خان .. لكي يتعلم التمثيل على أصوله ..
فـ بدلاً من ما يفعله الممثل الكويتي الذي هو فقط يسميه تمثيلاً .. يجب عليه أن يتعلم من خان ..
الفلم رائع بكل ما تحمله الكلمة من معنى .. قدم لنا شاروخ خان .. مثالاً و صورة واضحة للواقع الهندي/الأمريكي/المسلم ..

و هذا الواقع كنا ننتظره منذ الأزل ..
و هذه ميزة الأفلام الهندية .. لا تكترث بالأمور السخيفة التي تركز عليها الأفلام الأمريكية .. 
لكنها تقدم لنا صورة واقعية ..
و منها تركز على الأخلاق الرائعة و التقاليد الجيدة التي يمتاز بها

المجتمع الهندي ..
و هذا ما نحتاجه في الأفلام .. تقديم صورة واقعية لـ الأخلاق و التقاليد التي يمتاز فيها كل مجتمع ..
فـ هم لا يقدمون صورة خيالية بعيدة عن الخطأ .. لكنهم يركزون على الأمور الجيدة مع السيئة .. !!
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الصراحة الفلم يستحق العلامة الكاملة .. لأنه و بكل بساطة ممتاز ..
10/10
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يا ليت نتعلم من خان .. !!
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تحياتيـــــ
Mad Reds